1963 stamp pad with short leg R

[Thomas S.]

Re: 1963 stamp pad with short leg R

Interesting coincidence, all 3 short leg “R” shown are for RE (327/340shp) blocks.

[Patrick B.]

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Here is a May 6 RF with a short leg R. I also have a May 8 RD with the short leg R.

[Michael J.]

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[QyUOTE=Michael Johnson (49879);921709][ATTACH=CONFIG]113720[/ATTACH]First week of May build date.....

the subject of your post was"1963 stamp pad with SHORT leg R", yet your photo example shows a LONG leg R. you post is confusing to say the least. mike mccagh[/QUOTE]
Not if you read all of Danny's comments on his theory that the short legged R was used after the mid May or so build time frame (the premise of the thread was when did the short legged R start to be used). I was just showing an example of an early May build with the long legged R, thus supporting his theory. He said this:"Arland, with my search looks like late May and on they started using shorter legged R anything under May and earlier they all used the longer legged R." Of course he changed his hypothesis after my post to saying the short legged Rs were just a random occurrence.

[Michael J.]

Re: 1963 stamp pad with short leg R

So my long legged R for a first week of May build (May 3) may show that they changed not long after that?

[Patrick B.]

[Thomas B.]

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Thomas,

Is the VIN calculator available somewhere online?

Thomas

[Michael J.]

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I see, so you would agree with Danny's hypothesis that the short legged Rs were random in usage and not tied to any time period.

[Leif A.]

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Thomas,

Is the VIN calculator available somewhere online?

Thomas

For birthdates?? If so: www.C2registry.com

[Patrick B.]

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I see, so you would agree with Danny's hypothesis that the short legged Rs were random in usage and not tied to any time period.

I would agree that after it first entered service, apparently early in May, it’s usage was random like any other character in the tray the assembly line worker used. I had a rubbing of part of pad with a February stamp with a short leg R, but after seeing the evidence for a later introduction date in this thread, I think it was actually a 64 engine that I had mislabeled as a 63 since the vin was not part of the rubbing.

[Thomas B.]

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Leif,

I'm aware of the birthdate on C2 registry. I was asking about the information in Thomas Sutcliffe's post #17. What is that?

[Leif A.]

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Leif,

I'm aware of the birthdate on C2 registry. I was asking about the information in Thomas Sutcliffe's post #17. What is that?

In Thomas's post #11 he refers to trim tag decoding? Is this what you're asking about ?

http://www.stl-vettes.com/65Vette/trim_tag/trim_tag_display.htm

[Thomas B.]

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Leif,

Thomas Sutcliffe post #17. Looks like a cool spreadsheet for trim tag decoding. Just wanted to get a copy of it if possible. I know one can look the codes up but the spreadsheet would be easier.

By the way my L76 build date Feb 16, 63 is a long leg R.

[Danny P.]

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I would agree that after it first entered service, apparently early in May, it’s usage was random like any other character in the tray the assembly line worker used. I had a rubbing of part of pad with a February stamp with a short leg R, but after seeing the evidence for a later introduction date in this thread, I think it was actually a 64 engine that I had mislabeled as a 63 since the vin was not part of the rubbing.

. Hi Pat , I have here a 63 tanker 3120377 F0604RF with long leg R and 51 days apart from build date to birthday very strange , then I have 3117000 F0604RD with only 4 days apart, so on June 4/63 why would they change short leg to long leg R or the other way around ???

[Patrick B.]

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]113838[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]113839[/ATTACH]. Hi Pat , I have here a 63 tanker 3120377 F0604RF with long leg R and 51 days apart from build date to birthday very strange , then I have 3117000 F0604RD with only 4 days apart, so on June 4/63 why would they change short leg to long leg R or the other way around ???

This illustrates the randomness you spoke of. Just because the RD holder that day used the short leg R did not mean that the RF holder the same day had to use it also.

[Wayne Y.]

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Leif - thanks for posting the URL. I remember this web app from a few years back, but I had misplaced the URL. Super useful tool.
And thank you to whoever developed/maintained it!

-Wayne